Stephen McDonnell: The young lads are ready. They’ll be in the zone

A debut in the Munster senior hurling championship. Ask Stephen McDonnell about the experience, because he remembers his, in 2011, like it was yesterday.

“I was on Lar Corbett and he had been hurler of the year the season before that, so you’re nervous, but once the ball is thrown in . . . you just want the ball to be thrown in, and once it is then you’re at ease. That’s what happens.

“The build-up, the constant talk, that’s what’s hard. It’s easier once the ball is thrown in, and when that happens you’ll see the younger lads come into their own.”